Convertible couch.



PATENTED FEB. l2, 1907.

A. WHEATLEY.

CONVERTIBLE GOUGH.

APPLICATION FILED .1AN.24.1906.-

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A. WHEATLBY. CONVERTIBLE GOUGH. APPLICATION FILED JAN.24,1906.

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Be it known. duit BTH /Vipfi." citizen of ih@ mixed Suites, `d Philadelphia, in liQPQoun-y Gi' and Sta-Lc of Ponuyvlvimin, hay certain new and i si il Convei'ible Cou which the following is :i specification, ence boing liml iiiciciri lo dra-wings.

This im'uiitiiiii whites lo convefib couches, lis olijori' ilie invention Ning provide i fmmbimitiou iii'tirlo of l'iiin-iis suoli coiislizicimi :is to mlnp, ilio same in' readily anal qiidqly limisfmnwd 'ioiii i Hifi-ir oi Sula iut u :i Cozwli ci' lml, uml 'vine W:

Fig. 6 :i sesimml 'ifm' of a. pmtion o of the nmlivssQs for tlm smit :ind lm(` clmi, i'sc'il als@ for the conch, Figf 'if are rvspeqlivcl :in will olevmion uml a View if a lntviiilljv-elongateil chair oi Com'ci'tilile im@ a dor-Me Coicli oi' neil 1 l voli'iiig the sam@ principle of' mnsrilciiml. Fig. 9 is dem l vrriSs-scvmn ihmizgii one @if the front sectional iipiigll'fs ol' Figs. if and 8.

downward i0 foim ic from legs 3 and me 7 i I K form the real lws and 8 the back-mii Q im D J l i of the Jr'ront leg 3 and concealed behind. the

sance when brought together into the arrangement shown in Fig. l.

, 27 designate rungs which connect the armrests and bottom traine-bars. Other rungs 28 may connect the back rail 9 to a bottom frame-bar 29, extending between the back ,rests'and'rungs 2 7 and that the same inattresses will answer both for the seat and back of the chair andthe couch-cover. The transformation is effected by sitnply pulling out or pushing in the parts connected with the ar cirest 10, and this is facilitated by putting roller-casters on the several legs of the conif.

bination article.

Anysuitable form of mattress may be used, that shown consisting of two sections 30 and 31 of iresited-wire fabric, with interposed spiral springs 32. connected at both ends thereto kand cushions 33 and34 .se cured to the outersides ol' the ineshed-,wire fabric sections, either wither without alcovering or protector 35. f v

Where a -couch or bed of extra ordcuble vwidth is desired, the arrangement shown in Figs. 7 and 8 may be employed, in which the telescopic slat members 1S and 19 extend from ront to rear, the seat-frame, as a whole, 'being laterally elongated in the form of` a sofa and the front bottom framefbar 36 37 being divided longitudinally into the sections 36 and 37, the section 37 carrying the inner telescopic slet members 19v and being movable toward and away from the section 36.

lUnder the arrangement shown in Figs. 7 and 8 the front uprights are divided longitudinally throughout their entire length into the sections 38 and 39, the sections 38 being concealed by the sections 39 when brought together, the -sections A39 being recessed in their inner faces, as shown in Fi. 9, to recelve the sections 38, the latterk e in g thus fully concealed. Additional telescopic side" bars 40 41 may be placed between the rear uprights 42 andthe sections 38 and 39jof the 5o front uprights to serve as head and foot boards or rests when the article .is extended and to add to the ornamental appearance of the complete article.

Under either arrangement a .complet-erelid 5 5 practical article et furniture is provided, and when the article'is closed to form a chair or sofa the joints Where the several parts or sections meet are neatly concealed, thus addingl greatly to the-finished appearance ofthe-'ar'- 6o ticle.

I claim- 1. A convertible couch and chair comprising an extensible bottomembodying station.

ary outer tubular sl at members, and movable 6 5 inner slat -me'lnbers arranged to telescope into the outer tubular members and together therewith forming a support for a flexible and sectional cushion, a frame-'bar eonnnecting` and supporting the receiving ends ofthe 76 tubular slat members, and a draw-'bar connecting the outer ends of the inner Slatmembers and eonstituting'a ysection-of one ofthe 2. A convertible couch and chair-embody# '775 l.

ing a frame-having certain'bars and'u rights thereof composed ofl longitudinallyivlded sections one of eachfpair'of Which is-movable toward and away romits ccmplementinfthe lane in" which the stationary section'liesftue- 8O liular slat members connecting the stationaryA sections of the'rame-bars with thecpposite stationary sections, and otherslat members carried bythe movable section-of-one'ef"tlie frame-bars vand arranged to -t'elesco e `into 85. and be entirelyinclosed by the'tu'bu arslat" j members.

In testimony-whereof'l aix in presence of two Witnesses. ,.1

' relationv4 WHEAT-LEY.

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